 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 strani
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 816 strani
...rhetoric as Bacon brings into his ironical eulogium on nobility. " It is a reverend thing," says he, " to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to sec a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 566 strani
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for nobility in particular persons ; it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in .decay ; or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 strani
...because it draweth strongly the fattest juice of the earth. Huron. As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...; or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect. BOOTH'» Eaay on Nobility. The Fescenine and Satumian were the same ; they •were called Satumian... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 538 strani
...and so rolled overboard, but I knew better." DESERTION. " IT is a reverend thing," says Lord Bacon, "to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient family which had stood against the... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 strani
...Hilary and Candlemas Terms of law in the English and Scotch courts, conclude with the present day. It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle, or building, not in decay ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers... | |
 | 1833 - 626 strani
...Bacon which Mr. Wiffen, with a kindred taste, has selected as the auspicious motto of his task,—" It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...hath stood against the waves and weathers of time." The application of these expressions cannot be made to any family in England with greater justice than... | |
 | 1833 - 764 strani
...a reverend thing to see ün ancient castle or building not in decay ; or to sec a fair timber tree sound and perfect : how much more to behold an ancient,...hath stood against the waves and weathers of time !" For eight hundred years has the noble house of Russell resisted these u waves and weathers, " and... | |
 | 1833 - 478 strani
...Antiquaries of Normandy, 4-C. fyc. 2 volt. 8vo. Mr. Wiffen is most happy in the selection of his motto — " It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 strani
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
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As for nobility in particular persons; it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect: how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers... 
